90 N.C. App. 724 - Cole v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
March 2006
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sink v. Easter · Campbell v. American Foreign S. S. Corp. · State v. Mercado · G. GREEN v. Eure · 28 N.C. App. 119 - Grupen v. Thomasville Furniture Industries
Most-quoted passages
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“Relief from judgment or order. * * * (b) Mistakes; inadvertence; excusable neglect; newly discovered evidence; fraud, etc. On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: * ❖ * (2) Newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Rule 59(b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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